diff --git a/src/ElectronNET.IntegrationTests/Tests/ElectronIconTargetsTests.cs b/src/ElectronNET.IntegrationTests/Tests/ElectronIconTargetsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..124bb97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ElectronNET.IntegrationTests/Tests/ElectronIconTargetsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace ElectronNET.IntegrationTests.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for ElectronNET.Core.targets icon copy behavior.
+/// Covers GitHub issue #1047: modern macOS .icon app-icon packages are folders
+/// and must be copied recursively, not treated as a single file.
+/// </summary>
+public class ElectronIconTargetsTests
+{
+    private static readonly string CorePropsPath = FindBuildFile("src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.Core.props", "ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.Core.props");
+    private static readonly string CoreTargetsPath = FindBuildFile("src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.Core.targets", "ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.Core.targets");
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ElectronCoreTargets_ElectronIconDirectory_ShouldBeMappedIntoElectronOutput()
+    {
+        var tempDir = CreateTempProjectDirectory();
+        try
+        {
+            var iconPackageDir = Path.Combine(tempDir, "Assets", "MyApp.icon");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(iconPackageDir, "layers"));
+
+            await File.WriteAllTextAsync(Path.Combine(iconPackageDir, "manifest.json"), "{}");
+            await File.WriteAllTextAsync(Path.Combine(iconPackageDir, "layers", "foreground.png"), "not-a-real-png");
+
+            await WriteMinimalCsprojAsync(tempDir);
+
+            var (exitCode, output) = await RunDotnetMsBuildAsync(tempDir, "DumpElectronIconCopyItems");
+
+            exitCode.Should().Be(0,
+                $"MSBuild target evaluation must succeed. Full output:\n{output}");
+
+            output.Should().Contain(
+                @".electron\MyApp.icon\manifest.json",
+                $"the icon package root file must be mapped into .electron/MyApp.icon. Full output:\n{output}");
+
+            output.Should().Contain(
+                @".electron\MyApp.icon\layers\foreground.png",
+                $"nested files in .icon package must preserve structure in .electron output. Full output:\n{output}");
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Directory.Delete(tempDir, recursive: true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static string FindBuildFile(string relativeFromRepoRoot, string relativeFromSrc)
+    {
+        var dir = new DirectoryInfo(AppContext.BaseDirectory);
+        while (dir != null)
+        {
+            var fromRepoRoot = Path.Combine(dir.FullName, relativeFromRepoRoot);
+            if (File.Exists(fromRepoRoot))
+            {
+                return Path.GetFullPath(fromRepoRoot);
+            }
+
+            var fromSrc = Path.Combine(dir.FullName, relativeFromSrc);
+            if (File.Exists(fromSrc))
+            {
+                return Path.GetFullPath(fromSrc);
+            }
+
+            dir = dir.Parent;
+        }
+
+        throw new FileNotFoundException(
+            $"Could not locate '{relativeFromRepoRoot}' by walking up from '{AppContext.BaseDirectory}'.");
+    }
+
+    private static string CreateTempProjectDirectory()
+    {
+        var tempDir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"electron-net-icon-test-{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(tempDir);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.Combine(tempDir, "Properties"));
+        return tempDir;
+    }
+
+    private static Task WriteMinimalCsprojAsync(string tempDir)
+    {
+        var propsPathEscaped = CorePropsPath.Replace("'", "&apos;");
+        var targetsPathEscaped = CoreTargetsPath.Replace("'", "&apos;");
+
+        return File.WriteAllTextAsync(
+            Path.Combine(tempDir, "TestApp.csproj"),
+                        $$"""
+            <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+                            <PropertyGroup>
+                <TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
+              </PropertyGroup>
+
+              <Import Project="{{propsPathEscaped}}" />
+
+                            <PropertyGroup Label="ElectronNetCommon">
+                                <ElectronIcon>Assets\MyApp.icon</ElectronIcon>
+                            </PropertyGroup>
+
+              <Import Project="{{targetsPathEscaped}}" />
+
+              <Target Name="DumpElectronIconCopyItems"
+                      DependsOnTargets="ElectronResolvePaths;ElectronGetCopyToOutputDirectoryItems">
+                <Message Importance="High"
+                         Text="ELECTRON_COPY_ITEMS: @(_ElectronFilesToCopyWithTargetPath->'%(TargetPath)')" />
+              </Target>
+            </Project>
+            """);
+    }
+
+    private static async Task<(int ExitCode, string Output)> RunDotnetMsBuildAsync(string workingDirectory, string target)
+    {
+        var psi = new ProcessStartInfo("dotnet", $"msbuild TestApp.csproj --nologo -v:minimal /restore /t:{target}")
+        {
+            WorkingDirectory = workingDirectory,
+            RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+            RedirectStandardError = true,
+            UseShellExecute = false,
+        };
+
+        using var process = Process.Start(psi)!;
+        var stdOut = await process.StandardOutput.ReadToEndAsync();
+        var stdErr = await process.StandardError.ReadToEndAsync();
+        await process.WaitForExitAsync();
+
+        return (process.ExitCode, stdOut + stdErr);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets b/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets
index 10185e0..9019c09 100644
--- a/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets
+++ b/src/ElectronNET/build/ElectronNET.LateImport.targets
@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@
     <ItemGroup>
       <!--<_ElectronFiles Include="$(ElectronIntermediatePackageJson)" />-->
       <_ElectronFiles Include="$(ElectronSplashScreen)"  Condition="'$(ElectronSplashScreen)'!=''" />
-      <_ElectronIconDirectories Include="$(ElectronIcon)"
-                                Condition="'$(ElectronIcon)'!='' AND Exists('$(ElectronIcon)') AND $([System.IO.Directory]::Exists('$(ElectronIcon)') )" />
       <_ElectronFiles Include="$(ElectronIcon)"
                       Condition="'$(ElectronIcon)'!='' AND ( !Exists('$(ElectronIcon)') OR !$([System.IO.Directory]::Exists('$(ElectronIcon)') ) )" />
+      <_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles Include="$(ElectronIcon)\**\*"
+                                   Condition="'$(ElectronIcon)'!='' AND Exists('$(ElectronIcon)') AND $([System.IO.Directory]::Exists('$(ElectronIcon)') )" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
@@ -331,14 +331,6 @@
       <_ElectronFilesToCopy Include="@(_ElectronFiles->'%(FullPath)')" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles Include="@(_ElectronIconDirectories->'%(FullPath)\**\*')" />
-      <_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles Remove="@(_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles)" Condition="$([System.IO.Directory]::Exists('%(Identity)'))" />
-      <_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles Update="@(_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles)">
-        <ElectronIconRelativePath>$([System.String]::Copy('%(Identity)').Replace('$([MSBuild]::EnsureTrailingSlash(%(_ElectronIconDirectories.FullPath)))', ''))</ElectronIconRelativePath>
-      </_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles>
-    </ItemGroup>
-
     <Message Importance="High" Text="_ElectronFilesToCopy: @(_ElectronFilesToCopy)" />
     <Message Importance="High" Text="_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles: @(_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles)" />
 
@@ -348,7 +340,7 @@
       </_ElectronFilesToCopyWithTargetPath>
 
       <_ElectronFilesToCopyWithTargetPath Include="@(_ElectronIconDirectoryFiles)">
-        <TargetPath>$(ElectronDirName)\$(ElectronIconFileName)\%(ElectronIconRelativePath)</TargetPath>
+        <TargetPath>$(ElectronDirName)\$(ElectronIconFileName)\%(RecursiveDir)%(FileName)%(Extension)</TargetPath>
       </_ElectronFilesToCopyWithTargetPath>
     </ItemGroup>